Display-board for seed-packages.



No. 798,115. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. W. D. ROSS.

DISPLAY BOARD FOR SEED PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED, DEG.15, 1904.

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I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 29, 1905.

Application filed December 15, 1904. Serial No. 236,939.

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER D. Ross, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDisplay-Boards for Seed-Packages, of which the following is aspecification, accompanied by drawings, forming a part of the same, inwhich Figure 1 is a front View of a display-board embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlargedview of one of the staples by which the seed-packages are held.

Similar reference-figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

My invention relates toadisplay-board for small packages or envelops forsale, which is secured in an upright position and which possesses meansfor supporting said packages on the board against gravity and means forpreventing the lateral and forward movement of said packages.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a board supported inan inclined position, preferably by a brace or support 2, which isattached to the rear side of the board by the hinge 3. The board 1presents a plane surface on which, disposed in pairs at convenientintervals; are supporting wires or staples 4, shown in detail in Fig. 3and designed to support the packages or envelops 5. Each pair of thesesupporting-staples is adapted to inclose a number of packages orenvelops, supporting them against gravity and preventing lateral andforward movement. These staples are constructed of wire, bent at rightangles to form a crown-section 6 and legs 7 and 8, having the endssharpened to facilitate their introduction into the board, as shown inFig. 3. The upper leg 7 of each staple is longer than the lower leg 8,so that the inclination of the board when supported by the brace 2 iscompensated for, as shown in Fig. 2, bringing the crown-section of thestaples to stand approximately vertical. The staples are inserted inpairs,

with their upper ends divergent to afford a free entrance for thepackage or envelop between the upper legs 7, while the lower legs 8 ofeach pair are brought nearer together to form a rest for the lower edgeof the package and support it against gravity. Lateral movement of thepackages is prevented by the upper legs 7, and forward movement islimited by the crown portions 6 of the. two staples, which stand at anoblique angle to each other. The easy insertion and removal of thepackages are therefore secured, especially when the space between thestaples is nearly occupied.

I am aware that display-boards for seedpackages have been constructedhaving means for supporting said packages against gravity and preventinglateral and forward movement, and I do not claim such broadly.

By my present improvement I am enabled to construct the entire supportfor the package from two wires held both at top and bottom, therebygreatly increasing the stability of the support as well as theconvenience of I its construction and a decrease in its cost. Thecontinuity of the crown portions 6 serves to conduct the advancing lowerend of the package after it has once entered between the upper legs 7,and the crown-sections 6 are securely held from accidental displacementby means of their secure anchorage in the board 1 by means of the legs 7and 8.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A display-board designed for the display of small packages orenvelops for sale, means for supporting the same in an upright position,means for supporting the packages on the board and consisting of wiresor staples arranged in pairs, with the staples of each pair at anoblique angle to each other.

2. A display-board designed for the display of small packages orenvelops for sale, means for supporting the same in an upright position,means for holding the packages, embracing wires bent into the form of astaple both ends of which are inserted in said board, said staples beingarranged in pairs at an oblique angle to each other, with the spacebetween the upper ends of the staples greater than the width of thepackage to be held and the space between the lower ends of the staplesless than the width of the package, whereby the packages or envelops areboth supported against gravity and prevented fromlateral and forwardmovement.

Dated this 12th day of December, 1904. WALTER D. ROSS. Witnesses:

RUFUS B. FOWLER, PENELOPE ()oMBERBAoH.

